INE News archive
HIE Inverness and East Highland news archive from January 2007
| Youth challenge 2007 - young entrepreneurs invent gadgets of the future More than thirty teams of budding young entrepreneurs from around the Highlands and Islands have competed to become the inventors of the gadget of the future. | |
| Private, public and academic sectors - Integrate to Innovate Business innovation organisation 'Fusion' has developed a new website resource where businesses and organisations will find news of events and other activities to promote and support regional and transnational networking. Fusion is part of a Northern Peripheries Programme project called i2i - Integrate to Innovate. | |
| Search is on for all-time Highlands and Islands icon The search is on to discover the ultimate Highlands and Islands Icon following the launch of an internet vote by Highland 2007. | |
| Young Highland entrepreneurs urged to beat the business blues Shell Livewire is offering young entrepreneurs in the north of Scotland a helping hand to establish their business by hosting a unique event. | |
| Enterprising Britain 2007 competition The search is on to find Scotland's enterprise champions, with the launch of the DTI's Enterprising Britain 2007 competition today. This year's competition was launched by Industry and Regions Minister Margaret Hodge and took place in West Kilbride, the winner of last year's hotly contested competition. | |
| Recognition of Willie's lifetime of achievement in journalism The winner of the Barron Trophy, which recognises lifetime achievement in journalism in the Highlands and Islands, is Willie Morrison, the Durness-born Gaelic-speaking reporter, who retired recently after 40 years in the business. | |
| Don't forget: Add your event to the Highland 2007 programme With Highland 2007 now well underway, event organisers are being encouraged to make the most of Scotland’s year of Highland culture. Highland 2007 is calling on organisers planning events to add them to the programme for the year ahead. | |
| Careers Scotland joins HIE Inverness and East Highland in Invergordon The Careers Scotland team that was based in an office in Dingwall Business Park has joined colleagues in HIE Inverness and East Highland's offices in Invergordon. | |
| Enterprise chairman to address sustainability seminar The future success of the Highlands and Islands will depend on an economy, society and environment which harness the human, natural and creative attributes of the region, the chairman of Highlands and Island Enterprise, William Roe, has said. | |
| Shetland Times retains newspaper of the year award For the second year running, the Shetland Times has been voted Newspaper of the Year by the Highland and Islands Media Awards' judging panel. Editor Jonathan Lee will receive a cheque for £500, to be donated to a charity of the newspaper's choice, at the Highland and Islands Press Ball being held at the Newton Hotel, Nairn on Friday 2 February. | |
| Monster sightings by River Ness A short, downloadable photo-snapshot of the Highland 2007 monster street party which took place on 12 January. | |
| Entrepreneurial competition winners announced Three entrepreneurs from the Highlands have won a trip to the world famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA. | |
| Scrapyard challenge in Forres The first of a series of seminars and workshops hosted by Distance Lab will take place this week in Inverness and Forres. | |
| Distance Lab launched - chair and chief executive appointed Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) today announced the launch of Distance Lab, a unique research institute in the Highlands that will become a world leader in digital media and communication technologies. | |
| Highland renaissance - year of culture launched Highland 2007, the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture, was officially launched on Friday 12 January. First Minister Jack McConnell proposed the idea for Scotland's year of Highland culture after the Highland bid to be European City of Culture in 2008 was unsuccessful. Taking the bid as a basis, a programme of events has been put together that will take place across the Highlands and Islands and spotlight its diverse and unique culture. | |
| First Minister Jack McConnell opens new Inverness Health Science Centre The Highlands' ascendancy in the life and health science sector was confirmed today when First Minister Jack McConnell officially opened the first phase of the £23m Centre for Health Science (Ionad Eòlas Slàinte) in Inverness. | |
| Golden opportunity for writers HI~Arts, in association with Jenny Brown Associates, Literary Agents, Edinburgh, are inviting authors of general non-fiction living and working in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, to submit new proposals for non-fiction books for consideration by literary agents, Jenny Brown Associates. | |
| Fonn ’s Duthchas - Land and Legacy exhibition Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson will officially open the newly refurbished Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and launch the Fonn ’s Duthchas – Land and Legacy exhibition today Friday 12 January prior to the Highland 2007 Launch and Lifescan Monster Street Party. | |
| HIE invites public to consult on potential environmental impacts of draft operating plan There are still two weeks left for the public to respond to a consultation by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) on its draft operating plan and associated environmental report. | |
| Highland 2007 launch weekend - update This weekend, 12 and 13 January, sees a host of events taking place throughout Inverness to mark the official launch of Highland 2007, Scotland’s year of Highland culture. | |
| Entries open for £120,000 challenge fund Bids for a share of a £120,000 challenge fund should be lodged with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) from Monday (January 8). The cash is open to groups or individuals who have ideas for projects which marry up tourism, heritage and technology in an innovative and effective way. | |